Hardin Ranch · Block 7
An elite Sauvignon Blanc with a serious place at the table.
Matthew Wallace Hardin Ranch Sauvignon Blanc brings lifted tropical fruit, white flowers, cool citrus and a quietly herbal finish into a bright, 12.1% frame.
This is a menu-minded Napa white from a 1.18-acre parcel farmed by Matt Hardin and shaped in the cellar by "Napa's Top Gun", Thomas Rivers Brown.
It is expressive enough for a first glass, good enough for second and third...focused enough for seafood, and restrained enough to carry through the meal.
- Hardin Ranch · Block 7
- Listed 12.1% ABV
- Clone 1 · V.S.P.
- 2024 vintage
Reference MSRP $45.00 · $18.33 below stated SRP
Trade channel terms: Restaurant allocation only. Retail coupons, consumer promotions, and retail discount codes do not apply. The 36+ tier is based on the product's supplied BigCommerce bulk rule. Taxes and shipping, where applicable, are calculated at checkout.
Block 7, written in vine rows.
Hardin Ranch sits in Napa Valley at 633 to 638 feet, with a flat aspect, 30-degree row direction, and a compact 1.18-acre Sauvignon Blanc block.
The current vineyard notes identify Clone 1 on 1103P rootstock, planted in 2019 at 7-by-4 spacing and trained to V.S.P.
The producer describes the ranch through loamy soil, diurnal temperature movement, and an elevated expression of Sauvignon Blanc.
Read the rows before the cellar.
These vineyard views put the wine inside the daily work of farming: walking the canopy, reading the soil, and tracking small blocks. Hardin Ranch's exact parcel remains the Block 7 site.
Aromatic lift. Orchard depth. Herbal clarity.
The 2024 bottling moves from ripe fruit and flowers into bright acidity, a supple middle, and a finish that reads savory without turning green.
Aromatics
Pineapple, lime peel, lychee, pear and Golden Delicious apple layered with jasmine, honeysuckle and citrus blossom.
Palate
Honeycrisp apple, white nectarine, apricot, pomelo and pineapple guava with bright, balanced acidity and a lightly rounded texture.
Finish
Thyme and tarragon arrive as a subtle savory counterpoint. The close is clean, mouthwatering and immediately useful with food.
Napa’s “Top Gun” behind the bottle.
Wine Spectator put Thomas Rivers Brown on its cover as “Napa’s Top Gun.” The line captures his standing as one of the defining cult-wine winemakers of modern Napa Valley.
Brown has directed winemaking for Matthew Wallace since 2019. He and sixth-generation Napa grower Matt Hardin walk the blocks together as harvest decisions take shape, joining intimate farming knowledge with a winemaker known for small-production, site-driven wines at the valley’s highest level.
Rain in reserve. Heat in the season. Precision at harvest.
Napa Valley Vintners described 2024 as a classic vintage that balanced a textbook growing year with an unusual number of hot days.
Heavy winter rain saturated soils and supported healthy early vine growth.
Repeated heat days made canopy, water, and harvest decisions especially important.
Napa's first white and sparkling picks began in early August as fruit reached ripeness.
Built for the beverage director's pencil.
The allocation price opens a broad range of placements. The 36+ tier changes the bottle economics again, making it the perfect pour for your guests By-The-Glass.
Approximate pour costs assume five 5-ounce pours per 750 mL bottle and exclude tax, shipping, breakage, and spoilage. This is cost math, not suggested menu pricing.
| Reference MSRP | $45.00 |
|---|---|
| Allocation bottle cost | $26.67 |
| 36+ tier bottle cost | $14.00 |
| Approx. 5 oz pour cost | $5.33 allocation $2.80 at 36+ |
Two plates that speak the wine's language.
Its citrus line, ripe orchard fruit and thyme-tarragon finish make the bottle especially comfortable beside sweet shellfish, fennel, roast poultry and herbs.
Seared scallops with lemon-fennel relish
Scallop sweetness meets the wine's pineapple and stone-fruit notes, while lemon and fennel sharpen the acid line and echo its cool herbal finish.
Open the Food & Wine recipe
Roast chicken with lemon, shallot and tarragon
Golden roast flavors welcome the wine's rounded middle. Lemon restores lift, and tarragon ties directly into the subtle savory note on the finish.
Open the Food & Wine recipeScallop technique, built for service.
A professional Food & Wine demonstration gives the kitchen a useful visual reference for handling scallops and building a composed seafood plate.
The 2024 field mark.
Hardin Ranch is named directly on the label, along with Napa Valley, the vintage, and the listed 12.1% alcohol by volume.
The restrained presentation mirrors the wine: site first, details legible, nothing added for effect.
Put a site-specific Napa white to work.
Open with the 12-bottle working set, or move directly to the 36+ restaurant tier for a deeper by-the-glass, pairing, or event position.